Emad Meteb will miss Ahly s Champions League tie with ASEC Mimosas on Saturday due to injury, while Mohamed Abou-Treika remains unfit.
Meteb has a hamstring injury, as Manuel Jose preferred not to risk Abou-Treika, who has been plagued by a nagging knee problem since last season.
The influential playmaker missed out on several games after this year s CAN 2008 with Egypt, and Jose vowed not to involve him in action unless he is 100 percent fit.
Angolan winger Gilberto is fit again after recovering from an ankle injury that kept him out of the Reds recent Super Cup win over Zamalek.
Meanwhile, Ahly were informed by CAF that the game will be played on artificial turf because ASEC s home ground is being repaired.
Ahly Squad
Goalkeepers: Amir Abdel-Hamid, Ahmed Abdel-Moneim.
Defenders: Shadi Mohamed, Wael Gomaa, Rami Adel, Ahmed Al-Sayed, Mohamed Samir, Sayed Moawad, Ahmed Sedik.
Midfielders: Mohamed Barakat, Gilberto, Anis Boujelbene, Hossam Ashour, Moataz Eno, Ahmed Hassan.
Strikers: Ahmed Belal, Osama Hosni, Flavio Amado.
